“I came to this country as an Afghan refugee with my single mom, no brothers, no sisters, and by the age of 30 I’ve accomplished my dream of becoming a commercial pilot and successful business owner,” Amin says. “The American Dream is still alive.”

When he first started, Amin insisted on keeping production in Orange County although everyone told him to go to China.

“Now, not only will I be keeping my business in Orange County, I will be contributing to our economy and hiring local employees, renting office space in a terrible commercial real estate time and setting up a lot of infrastructure for the company to facilitate all the demand.”

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